Lighting

The Zumtobel Group, with its core brands Thorn, Tridonic and Zumtobel, has teamed up with Casambi, a pioneer in wireless lighting controls based on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). The strategic partnership ensures an extensive new range of Thorn and Zumtobel luminaires offering seamless control to users via Casambi’s BLE software control platform.

In order to achieve retro aesthetics combined with modern LED filament technology, LEDVANCE has added new luminaires to its Vintage Edition 1906 series. Continuing the vintage design, the new additions enhance the interior design of commercial environments, including hotels, restaurants, lounges and shops.

Silicon Labs and Signify are collaborating on an extension of the Friends of Hue programme enabling ecosystem partners to develop smart light switches for Philips Hue systems. Silicon Labs is providing the Zigbee cluster libraries, software tools, reference application and technical expertise to help participating companies certified by the Friends of Hue programme quickly design and produce light switch products guaranteed to work flawlessly with the Philips Hue smart lighting system.

A specialist in lighting, Signify, has expanded its business for agricultural lighting by acquiring Once, based in Plymouth, Minnesota, and iLox, based in Vechta, Germany. Once and iLox work in the design and manufacturing of animal-centric lighting. These tailor-made lighting systems improve the quality of life for livestock, which leads to healthier and enhanced production for the farmer. 

Luminaires manufacturer, Chalmit has launched the Protecta X LED, a revolutionary light for the electrical and electronics industries. Up to 50% brighter than any traditional linear light on the market, the Protecta X has a user-definable light distribution, a maintenance-free lifespan of over 120,000 hours at 25°C, is easier to maintain, and thanks to an optional battery stick, can be installed in half the time.

  Legrand has unveiled the latest generation of its adaptable plug-and-play lighting control system, Lightrak. Offering fully addressable DALI control, networked over a KNX backbone, the system uses Electrak power and data Buscom trunking to distribute lighting power and KNX around a building, eliminating the need for long and complicated cable runs.

It has been announced that SGS has been authorised by the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) as an approved Safety Certification body for the testing and certification of LED-based horticultural lighting. The DLC, a non-profit organisation dedicated to accelerating the widespread adoption of high-performing commercial lighting solutions.

The LED lighting division of GlacialTech, GlacialLight, announced the natural sunlight GL-FL35-NL Architectural Floodlighting series. The new lighting fixtures use the SEOUL SunLike CoB to light up objects in their natural colours. The CRI is 97, as well as the CQS (Colour Quality Scale) is up to 98. The colour fidelity index (TM-30-15 Rf) and colour gamut score (TM-30-15 Rg) are close to natural light.

  Signify has agreed to acquire WiZ Connected, developers of the WiZ WiFi-based connected lighting ecosystem. The addition of WiZ enables Signify to extend its leadership by stepping into the WiFi-based smart lighting market.

UK supplier of lighting and energy controls, CP Electronics, has helped to create a more friendly and welcoming environment for staff and older people, including those living with dementia. CP Electronics was appointed to supply innovative lighting control systems to Stirling Health and Care Village and spent nine months ensuring the needs of those who work, visit and stay in the new facility were met.